Silva had just finished her call with Neige but still couldn't sleep. She didn't want to wake up Emely and decided to go eat something. Everything was silent except for a faint sound of respiration. Silva turned toward the person standing in the middle of the living room, she knew it wasn't one of her friends. The person cleared her throat before letting Silva know who she was.

"I'm sorry, I missed your party."

Silv's sarcastic voice prompted Silva to take her firearm, but when she tried to grab it, she realized she left it in Emely's room.

"Silv, what are you doing here?"

"Seven days. You have seven days left before I put an end to our story."

Silva stayed silent momentarily, unsure about Silv's plan.

"Why are you doing this?"

"I'm not here to explain, in seven days, one of us will lose. I've grown tired of this, it's time to end it all."

"What will happen in seven days?"

Silva's question stayed without an answer. Silv disappeared from nowhere, there were no signs of her at all, surprising the blind girl. Was Silv serious? It was all so sudden but it meant that they could stop Silv soon if she was. Silva was starting to think that stopping her other self wouldn't be so easy, she probably was prepared for everything.

"Seven days..."

Silva took her phone in her hand and wrote in it. She wrote all the things she'd want to do before dying, just in case. If Silv was ready to end this, Silva would need to as well. Her list wasn't very big but she figured she would find other things along the way.

Silv entered the room where Iris and Emel were waiting for her. The two girls looked at her with concern, Iris even sharing them directly.

"Silv... Are you sure it's a good idea?"

"Of course, now she'll have a week to think back on her life, she'll see how dangerous of a person she can be."

"No, I mean... The whole 'main character' plan, I feel it's not worth it."

"Who wants a story about a bunch of nice people hanging out together, even if they don't accept it, they want someone like me. Chaos is what makes things interesting, even if I lose my life in the process, I'll prove it to everyone and give this story the best ending possible!"

"Silv, you scare me..." Emel said without looking at her friend "Don't you think you can still be happy without... Whatever you're talking about?"

"It's not for me, the world needs a villain, who else than me could fill that role? Not this nun, that's for sure."

"So... What now?" Asked Iris "You'll just wait and do nothing for a week?"

"I still have things to do, I could do much better if a certain bitch could do her job and invent time travel."

"But I did!" Argued Emel "We just can't go to the future."

"Yeah, I wanted to mess with the future AND the past, not one of them."

"But didn't you do a lot already?" Asked Iris "You made Shiro join them I think... And you also went into that nun's past to-"

"Wait! They haven't seen this part yet."

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Iris stared at Silv with worry before coughing and continued after a short break to get her breath.

"You know, I've been wondering for a while but... Who's they?"

"Unimportant, I'm sure they know who they are."

"You're a strange one." Iris smiled at Silv before coughing violently "Emel... Can you get my meds?"

"Sure thing!"

Emel hurried out of the room to get the girl's pills. Silv stood there confused, wondering where she had gone.

"Aren't the meds on the table?"

"She probably went to get a glass of water or-" Iris coughed again, interrupting her sentence.

"You're still not in a great state... I wish I could do something..."

"Look at you, caring for someone else's life..." Iris smiled at Silv, embarrassing her a bit.

"I'm not embarrassed... The group of losers has a doctor, it hurts to admit, but she's skilled."

"Should we go see them?"

"Of course not, they're my archenemies! But... If something happens to me... Trust them, at least until they find a way to heal you. Then, betray them!"

Iris chuckled, amused by her friend's enthusiasm.

"I'm not like you, I couldn't do it... But, there's no reason anything happens to you, right?"

"Of course not... Don't think about it, it will make you sick."

Silv took the pills on the table and handed them to her friend, along with a bottle of water.

"For now you need to take care of yourself, you'll never heal if you're not serious about it."

"Isn't it funny? You can time travel and scheme world-ending plans... But you can't heal me, maybe it's a sign."

"If your fate is to die from this illness, then I'll defy this fate. I'm not letting anything like that happen."

Iris smiled softly at Silv, appreciating her friend's words. Before she could say anything, Emel entered in the room, visibly out of breath.

"I'm sorry, I didn't find your medicine..."

"It's fine, I did." Answered Silv "We should go now, we have a lot to do."

"A-Are we going already? I thought we could spend more time with Iris, and it's so late too."

"She's right..." Iris coughed a bit before continuing "I'll cook something for you, why don't you stay?"

"You're not cooking anything in your state... I guess we can stay for the night if you promise to not do anything that would tire you."

"I promise... Thanks, Silv..."

Silv wouldn't admit it, but she was glad to spend some time with Iris. Emel looked at her friend with stars in her eyes, visibly excited.

"Really Silv? Will we sleep inside for once?"

"Yes, consider it your birthday gift."

"It's Emel's birthday?" Asked Iris "Happy birthday, Emel."

"I just remembered because this dumbass's girlfriend is Emel's other self, it was her birthday today."

"Girlfriend?" Emel paused for a moment, surprised by the news "Are our two other selves together?"

"Don't tell me you never noticed." Said Silv, annoyed "That's literally the reason I went to get you, I even explained it to you."

"I thought it was a metaphor! So you went to get me because you became jealous and wanted a girlfriend?"

"I think I'd rather let Silva kill me than get in a relationship with you, you're one of the most annoying beings I've ever met. And all this love stuff disgusts me anyway, that's the kind of weird thing my other self would enjoy for sure."

"But love is great. Giving yourself to someone and giving up on who you are for them... Isn't it romantic?"

Silv let out a sigh, exasperated by her friend.

"If you call her my friend again, I'm finding you and will make sure you're not speaking again..."

"I don't think anyone talked about friends." Emel looked around, trying to understand who Silv was talking to.

"Don't bother. But seriously, if I didn't kidnap you, someone else would have."

"It's a bit harsh... But I agree..." Iris said with some difficulties. "You're too naive Emel..."

"It's her problem in the end. You should sleep now, you don't seem well."

"You're right... I wish I could spend more time with you two... I'm sure you'll find a place to sleep comfortably."

"We will, don't get bad dreams."

Silv took Emel by her arm and took her out of the room. Iris waved at them with a smile, preparing herself to sleep.

Silv and Emel stood outside under the coldness of the moonlight. Emel quickly noticed that Silv felt sad and stayed silent. After an hour without a sound, Silv suddenly started talking to herself.

"I envy Silva, she managed to break out of her fate."

"What do you mean?" Asked Emel.

"Our creator gave us all a role, my role is to be the villain. Silva should have followed the same path as all our selves, she should have gone crazy, unable to carry on a normal life... And yet, she managed to take a different path..."

"You still can, you know?"

"No, I want to be the villain, I want to crush the main characters and make them beg. But... I only want that because I was made for it... In a week, everything will be over for me. After that, all I can do is hope I did enough to stop them."

"That... Was unexpected from you, you never talk about your feelings."

"I guess we all have a mellow side, and I hate it with all my heart. I'm only telling you because you're here and I felt like talking about it... It feels weird, facing the end..."

"It's not the end, we're not losing against them, right?"

"... Let's just go to sleep, I hate thinking about things I can't control."